On this episode, Matt discusses a breaking CNN report about North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson titled, "‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum." https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politi...

The presidency used to be the highest calling, attracting the best and the brightest that America had to offer. What happened?

Political strategist Joe Trippi joins Matt as the two interview David M. Rubenstein, cofounder and cochairman of The Carlyle Group, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, and author of the new book, 'The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency.'

"If I Have to Create Stories… That’s What I’m Going to Do," declared JD Vance on Sunday. In other words, in order to call attention to immigration problems, Vance believes the ends justify the means.

On a special "solo" clips episode, Matt talks about...

Since the right-wing attack on Winston Churchill has been in the news, I wanted to revisit this 2019 conversation I had with historian Andrew Roberts about his book "Churchill: Walking with Destiny."

Christine Rosen, historian and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, talks with Matt about her new book 'The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World.' (W.W. Norton, September 10th) all about how technology is eroding our collective human experiences

On today's pod, Matt welcomes Jamie Weinstein, host of the Monday edition of The Dispatch podcast, to discuss the presidential race. Is Kamala Harris a flip-flopper? Does it matter? And are we in the midst of a political realignment?

Friend of the pod Bill Scher checks in with Matt to discuss night three of the Democratic convention. Highlights include speeches by Tim Walz, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Clinton.

On today's episode, we discuss:

John Ganz, author of 'When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s,' joins Matt to discuss...